Ap human geo unit 7

The ownership of other businesses involved in the steps of producing a particular good.

Does not generate new money for the area. (Grocery store.)

actions that create new wealth for a region. (Manufactured goods or commercial farm products.)

Small home-based businesses that made goods.

The process of the industrial revolution that stretched across the multitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

a process of deceasing reliance on manufacturing jobs.

as the level of wealth, comfort, happiness, and material goods available to a specific socioeconomic class in a specific

extracting the natural resources from the Earth.

making products from natural resources.

providing information and services to people.

managing and processing information

creating information and making high-levels decisions

to explain the key decisions made by businesses about where to locate factories

the potential of a job to produce additional jobs.

factories located close to water and the market.

commonly made of many of these raw materials

the procedure of transferring cargo from one mode of transportation to another.

labor oriented are focused on skilled works while labor dependent is the large amount of workforce.

a U.S. state that has passed laws that prohibit companies and unions from negotiating contracts that require employees to join a labor union as a condition of employment

the formal sector is the portion of the economy that is monitored by government while a informal sector is the portion of the economy that is not monitored by government.

a measure of inequalities between men's and women's opportunities in a country.

a composite measure of several factors indicating gender disparity.

Compares the level of development of women with that of both sexes.

the dollar amount of all final goods and services produced within a country in one year.

they involve the money generated by citizens and business of a country regardless of where a resident lives when money is earned.

combines one social measure with three social measures.

a measure of what similar goods cost in different countries.

the percentage of the population that can read and write.

the idea that the economic and political relationships between countries and regions limit the economic development of poorer areas.

another trend reflecting employment discrimination toward women is that women rarely obtain upper-level jobs in companies, the civil service, or in governments, practically in developing countries.

One reason for the expanded employment opportunities for women has been the efforts of transnational corporations.

a programs enacted by governments and international non-profit agencies.

depends on primary sector activities for subsistence.

improves infrastructure

farming techniques and shifts toward commercial agriculture.